Simnel
(Sim"nel) n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila
the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semolina.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.]
Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
Fuller. 2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.
Simoniac
(Si*mo"ni*ac) n. [LL. simoniacus. See Simony.] One who practices simony, or who buys or
sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe.
Simoniacal
(Sim`o*ni"a*cal) a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. — Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly,
adv.
The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom.
J. S. Harford. Simonial
(Si*mo"ni*al) a. Simoniacal. [Obs.]
Simonian
(Si*mo"ni*an) n.[See Simony.] One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of
certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
Simonious
(Si*mo"ni*ous) a. Simoniacal. [Obs.] Milton.
Simonist
(Sim"o*nist) n. One who practices simony.
Simony
(Sim"o*ny) n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power
of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.] The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.
Simoom
(Si*moom" Si*moon") n. [Ar. samm, fr. samma to poison. Cf. Samiel.] A hot, dry, suffocating,
dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the
extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Simous
(Si"mous) a.[L. simus, Gr. .] Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
Simpai
(Sim"pai) n.[Malay simpei.] (Zoöl.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native
of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny
and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpæ.
Simper
(Sim"per) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simpered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Simpering.] [Cf. Norw. semper
fine, smart, dial. Dan. semper, simper, affected, coy, prudish, OSw. semper one who affectedly refrains
from eating, Sw. sipp finical, prim, LG. sipp.]
1. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
Behold yond simpering dame.
Shak.
With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling.
ir. P. Sidney. 2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.]
Yet can I mark how stars above
Simper and shine.
Herbert.
